Word: woodenness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...center. Half of the 5,330-gal. oaken tanks of stored wine are on the American plate, while the rest are sliding by, ever so slowly, on the Pacific plate; if they maintained present course and speed, they would arrive in San Francisco in a few millenniums. The gray, wooden posts serving as door jambs have moved 12 in. to the right. Outside, a drainage ditch zagged 18 in. Fire-fighting water lines that cross the fault have flexible joints to allow for earth movement...
...McNown, 63, he has hunkered down for a long struggle. He has installed a wooden shim to hold his garage together, and he has poured 80 yds. of concrete to reinforce the foundation. "I grew up in this house," he explains. "It has always been my home. Others can leave. I am not overcome with fear. Besides, I like the craftsmanship...
...noon the debate was over. Each of 124 Newfaners wrote yes or no on a paper slip and filed up to a pair of white wooden ballot boxes. Soon Houston announced, "94 for and 30 against," to a solid wave of applause...
...squad used wooden sticks, which tended to break and splinter. "We spent an inordinate amount of time fiber glassing and restringing them, Gunnoe says, comparing the sticks to surfboards in terms of the care and personalization they received from their owners...
...memories, appeared to indicate the aging of the man who claimed he was "Growing Older But Not Up." Coconut Telegraph bore some thematic resemblance to Volcano and Son of a Son of a Sailor, released in 1979 and 1978 All three focused on the carefree life of the wooden-boat sailor, with references to Montserrat and St. Thomas and only occasional glimpses of the serious side of a singer usually photographed in mid-laugh...